The Fight Game

by Ewan MacColl, Charles Parker & Peggy Seeger

Type: Album
Released: 1 January 1967
Label: Argo
Country: United Kingdom
Length: 59:19
Community rating: 3.88/5 from 1 rating

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Broadcast on 3 July 1963, 'The Fight Game' follows professional boxers from gym to ring, with singers including Bob Davenport joining MacColl and Seeger across seventeen tracks. Parker's recordings of trainers, promoters and fighters' wives give the ballad the shape of a bout, building to the long title-fight sequence that closes the record.

Genres

Descriptors: folk, storytelling, spoken-word, sports, archival

Tracklist

'Twas In Tierra Del Fuego In South Amerikay... (2:13)
There's A Game Some Call The Fight Game... (3:15)
Boxing, To Me, Is The Greatest Character-Builder In The World... (4:40)
Come All You Gallant Fighting Men... (1:54)
Come On Johnny, And Put 'Em Up Johnny... (3:02)
When You're A Fighter, You're Different... (3:25)
Then Come On, Strip Off Young Johnny Boy... (3:50)
I Like All My Boxers To Be Perfect Skippers... (1:52)
When You're Training... (4:11)
There's Such A Helluva Lot Of Work To Be Done... (3:46)
The Programme Is Set Up... (2:35)
Who Would Have A Boxer For A Husband... (2:58)
You Get To The Hall... (3:31)
On My Right, The Champion, Johnny Boy... (8:46)
What'll We Do With The Man In The Ring... (1:34)
Johnny, Johnny, You Failed Us... (3:31)
I Don't Think You Can Call Boxing A Sport... (4:16)

Credits

Brian Daly - acoustic guitar, electric guitar
Alfie Kahn - harmonica, clarinet, piccolo flute, flute
Laurence Aston - other [research and annotated by]
Alf Edwards - trombone, concertina [english]
Dave Swarbrick - violin [fiddle]
Tony Dixon - mastered by